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Why This Weird Compass Was Such a Big Deal

Key Topics:

  • William Austin Burt, Michigan surveyor

  • How Michigan was first mapped

  • Why compasses were unreliable in parts of Michigan (iron ranges)

  • How Burt’s solar compass worked

  • How the solar compass made mapping Michigan possible

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